耿

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See also: 炅
耿 U+803F, 耿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-803F
← 耾
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聀 →

Translingual

Han character

耿 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十火 (SJF), four-corner 19180, composition ⿰耳火)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29026
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2785, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+803F

Chinese

trad. 耿
simp. # 耿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (耿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
耿 *kreːŋʔ
褧 *kʰʷeːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːŋʔ) : abbreviated phonetic 烓 (OC *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳. Alternatively phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːŋʔ) : abbreviated phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs) + semantic 火.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古幸切
Baxter keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kæŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gang2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gěng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kɛngX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁreŋʔ/
English brilliant; wide awake

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耿
Reading # 1/1
No. 3989
Phonetic
component 		耿
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		耿
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːŋʔ/

Definitions

耿

  1. (literary) bright; shining
  2. (literary) honest and just; upright
  3. † uneasy; disturbed
  4. † sad; sorrowful
  5. a surname
    耿爽  ―  Gěng Shuǎng  ―  Geng Shuang (politician)

Japanese

Kanji

耿

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. light

Readings

Korean

Hanja

耿 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

  1. bright
  2. shining
  3. have guts

Vietnamese

Han character

耿: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh, kẻng, khệnh, kỉnh

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